Index New Jersey

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 15th NJ Inf., New Jersey Brigade
North Sedgwick Avenue, Weikert Hill

"Kearny's
New Jersey Brigade"
Fought in all important battles
of the Army of the Potomac
from May 1861 to the end of the
war at Appomattox Court House
in 1865. TOTAL STRENGTH 13,805,
including 10th, 23rd, and 40th
REGIMENTS
NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS
which were attached to the
BRIGADE

First Brigade,
New Jersey Volunteers,
Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert.
1st. 2d. 3d. 4th and 15th.
Regiments Infantry
1st Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps.
July 2, in reserve, July 3 and 4
Detached from the Corps,
Held this position.
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, A. D. 1888.
In testimony of the patriotism,
courage and patient endurance
of her volunteer soldiers.

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New Jersey State Monument Antietam
Hagerstown Turnpike at the intersection with Cornfield Avenue

Monument Text

Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry
Colonel Ezra A. Carman, Commanding
Third Brigade, First Division
Twelfth Corps.

Here this Regiment, seventeen days after leaving home, met "its Baptism of fire", September 17, 1862. The first to fall was Captain Hugh C. Irish, later in the day the regiment was heavily engaged in rear of the Dunkard Church, its loss during the day was 102, in the army of the Potomac, and afterwards with General Sherman's Army, the Regiment served until the close of the war.
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First New Jersey Infantry
Lieut. Col. Mark W. Collett, Commanding First Brigade, First Division
Sixth Corps.

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th New Jersey Infantry and Hexamer's Battery A, were known as the "First New Jersey Brigade". These were the first three year Volunteers from the State. After serving through the peninsula campaign the Brigade on Sept. 14, 1862 performed such gallant service at Crampton's Pass as to call forth the High Commendation reproduced on the next tablet.

Second New Jersey Infantry
Colonel Samuel L. Buck, Commanding
First Brigade, First Division
Sixth Corps.

Headquarters, 1st, Brigade, 1st Division Sixth Corps, Camp in Crampton's Pass Maryland
Sept. 15, 1862.
General Orders Soldiers of the first New Jersey Brigade.

The 14th of September, 1862, is one long to be remembered, for on that day you dashingly met and drove the enemy at every point, your advance in line of battle, under a galling Artillery fire was a feat seldom if ever surpassed. The Heights you took show plainly what determined and well disciplined soldiers can do.
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Third New Jersey Infantry
Colonel Henry W. Brown, Commanding,
First Brigade, First Division
Sixth Corps"

You have sustained the reputation of your state and done credit to your officers and yourselves. While we lament the death of our brave comrades who have fallen so gloriously we can only command their souls to God and their sorrowing friend to his sure protection. May you go from Victory to Victory, is the hope and wish of the Colonel commanding Brigade".
A.T.A. Tolbert
Colonel Commanding

4th New Jersey Infantry
Colonel William B. Hatch, Commanding
First Brigade, First Division,
Sixth Corps.

From its Bivouac at Crampton's Pass the first New Jersey Brigade marched to the field on the morning of September 17, 1862, and took position 600 yards, easterly of this point near the Dunkard Church, where it remained until Sept. 19. It supported the sixth Corps Artillery and for six hours was under severe Artillery fire by which several men were killed or wounded.
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Battery A.
First New Jersey Artillery
Captain William Hexamer, Commanding
First Brigade, First Division
Sixth Corps

After engagement at Crampton's Pass Sept. 14, 1862, the Battery was engaged on Sept. 17, at three different points on this field. From three to six o'clock the Battery fired 280 shells, 200 shrapnel and 15 canisters, forcing out of position two Confederate Batteries and repelling an Infantry force.

Joseph Newgross, EMP 2 NJ, Buried in the National Cemetery in Culpeper, Va., Plot: 284 (Not sure what EMP or unit is)
George M. Burroughs--Had a GAR marker by grave. Unit and State are unknown. Need more information.
Charles Ryker--Has GAR marker by grave. Unit and state are unknown. Need more information.
Edward G. Everitt--Has GAR marker by grave. Unit and state are unknown. Need more information.
Amos Whetmore--Headstone states he was in Co. C, 15th N. J. Infantry. Cannot find him in any references.
Samuel B. Harrison--Headstone states he was in co. K, 2nd N. J. Infantry. Cannot find him in any references.
Martin Luther Green--Has GAR marker by grave. Unit is unknown. Need more information.
William S. Rockfellow--Headstone a little hard to read. Suppose to be in 3rd N.J. Rgt. Cannot find him. Need more information.
Stacy Cubberley--Civil War Nurse
A. F. Quigley--Headstone states he was in Co. D, 3rd N. J. Infantry. Cannot find him in any references. Possible alias or he never served.
Thomas Richardson--Headstone states he was in Co. I, 3rd N. J. Infantry. Cannot find him in any references. Again, possible alias or he never served.
George B. Drake--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Frederick Rorbach--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Tunis Smith--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Cornelius Voorhees--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Lewis D. Beemer--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Calvin W. Decker--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.
Thomas Bott--Has GAR marker by headstone. No information as to where he served.

The Brigade, consisting of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments, was mustered into the service of the United States, at Trenton, May 1, 1861, by Major THEODORE T. S. LAIDLEY and Lieut. ALFRED T. A. TORBERT, U. S. Army. On the 3d day of May the Brigade left the State, arrived at Annapolis, Md., May 5th, and reported to the President, at Washington, D. C., the following day, being the first fully organized Brigade to arrive for the defense of the National Capital at the battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861, the Brigade was held as a reserve, but not engaged. On the expiration of their term of service, the Brigade returned to New Jersey, for muster out.

Charles E. Bennett--Colonel-
Joel Parker--Major General of the 3rd Division, N.J. Militia during the Civil War. Was also the 27th and 30th Governor of New Jersey.

Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume I & II. Compiled in the Office of the Adjutant General. Published by Authority of the Legislature. William S. Stryker, Adjutant General. Trenton, New Jersey, John L. Murphy, Steam Book and Job Printer, 1876.

1st Infantry Regiment	2nd Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment	4th Infantry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment	6th Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment	8th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment	10th Infantry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment	12th Infantry Regiment
13th Infantry Regiment	14th Infantry Regiment
15th Infantry Regiment	16th Infantry Regiment
17th Infantry Regiment**	18th Infantry Regiment**
19th Infantry Regiment**	20th Infantry Regiment**
21st Infantry Regiment	22nd Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment	24th Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Regiment	26th Infantry Regiment
27th Infantry Regiment	28th Infantry Regiment
29th Infantry Regiment	30th Infantry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment	32nd Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Regiment	34th Infantry Regiment
35th Infantry Regiment	36th Infantry Regiment
37th Infantry Regiment	38th Infantry Regiment
39th Infantry Regiment	40th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, Veteran Infantry	2nd Regiment Veteran Infantry
3rd Battalion, Veteran Infantry	Volunteer Recruits, Hoboken, New Jersey
Unassigned New Jersey